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How was your week, friends? I did the usual political ranting/calling/panicking/faxing and then wrote this. This weekend Kenny and I volunteered with CAIR, a friend introduced me to the exciting world of indigo dye, and today we’re entering the exciting world of grilled brunch. Grilled peaches! Grilled avocado toast! Funnnn!
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The 1-Hour Money Multiplier
60 minutes + 5 weirdly easy steps = more money in your bank account by this afternoon. Yes, really!
30 New Things: Send a Secret to Post Secret
I try to live my life in a way that doesn't necessitate secrets. Which is not to say I don't know plenty of "You didn't hear this from me..." secrets, but the sort of secrets that one would have to write on a postcard and send to a stranger? I don't really have those.It took me a good three months of soul searching and cheese-eating and staring into the mid-distance to find this secret. It was...
30 New Things: Fire A Gun
Growing up in rural Minnesota, in a family that views squirrel tails as acceptable Christmas tree decor, you would think that I would be seasoned with a six-shooter. You would be mistaken. The closest I've ever come to firing a gun is a rousing game of Nintendo Duck Hunt, and even then I was often the kid who'd get fed up with that smug laughing dog and end up pressing the barrel of my gun...
How to Get Over A Breakup
Dear Sarah, From reading your blog, I know that you recently went through a bad breakup and I'm currently in that situation. While it's not bad in the sense that we're not talking and hate each other, it's bad in the sense that it hurts every second of every day, and as much as I would rather be with him, he decided that we would be better off apart. How do you get over a breakup? How have you...
30 New Things: Put a Message in a Bottle
* note: I don't usually wear houndstooth peacoats in old fishing boats whilst releasing bottles.
11 Super Fun Ways To Celebrate Your Birthday
I have a milestone birthday looming in the not-too-distant future and have been biting my nails over The Best Possible Way to spend one's birthday. A big party in Minneapolis surrounded by friends? At the top of the Empire State Building with my favorite New Yorker/college roomie? In Boston, amid the bricks and accents? On a mountain top, all by my lonesome, meditating on the last three decades?...
30 New Things: Get My Tarot Cards Read
How do you know that your tarot reading is going to be awesome? Clue number one: there are no less than 75 different types of incense for sale in the store front. Clue number two: the woman who answers the phone literally uses the phrase "kinda cool, kinda groovy." Clue number three: your tarot card reader appears to be Corky from Waiting for Guffman.Awesome and awesome. This is particularly...